Movers and Shakers – Anne Thompson Editor at Large at Indiewire

Just as the news that Eugene Hernandez and Todd McCarthy’s exit was not looking good for Indiewire (as this NY Times story suggests), another press release announces Anne Thompson has been named Indiewire’s Editor at Large. This is a smart move for Indiewire, as Thompson has the eye of the tiger and will serve this position and Indiewire with vigor. Thompson served as deputy editor of Variety.com before they started to lose money. But she quickly bounced back with Thompson on Hollywood at Indiewire.

Thompson has contributed to the New York Times, Washington Post, The Observer, and Wired.

She was also the Deputy Film Editor at The Hollywood Reporter, the West Coast Editor of Premiere, a Senior Writer at Entertainment Weekly, and West Coast Editor for Film Comment. She wrote the film industry column ‚ÄúRisky Business‚Äù for L.A. Weekly and the Los Angeles Times syndicate. She graduated from the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University, has has taught film criticism at USC. She hosts a weekly Oscar podcast with In Contention’s Kris Tapley and is one of Movie City News’ Gurus of Gold.

Girlfriend has got it going on.

It’s almost as impressive as what someone might write about me, “blogged about the Oscars for a little while.”